You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
See, I could understand if she said "I'm Jewish and this is an insult people have directed towards me, so please stop."
But...a lot of younger people on Tumblr think the only way for their objections to be taken seriously is to be loud and make demands of people. This has become an accepted form of discourse on Tumblr to the point where some teens don't seem to realize it's more effective to calmly state your objections instead of immediately making demands of others.
some time ago on twitter there was someone angrily making demands that people stop identifying with witches and using characters wearing witch hats for avatars because apparently witch hats come from European persecution of Jews
and I felt like shit about it for like two weeks, and then I looked it up and couldn't actually find anything about it so I just kinda stopped caring
like is that assholish behavior on my part? I don't know
Uh, yeah, we do. Or rather, Internet callout culture encourages dogpiling over things that are ultimately inconsequential—tasteless one-off jokes, for instance—which can actually really, really hurt people who may mostly be perfectly nice or at least well-meaning.
Somewhat tangentially, I unfollowed someone on Twitter for using "tumblrina" more-or-less unironically. I can talk about this more elsewhere if people want.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I've called myself a tumblrina before because I thought it was funny
Well, said person was also somewhat dismissive of social justice types, and also followed a few gators (though he wasn't one himself). I get the feeling that if he were less mature, he'd be out there harassing Anita and Zoe and Randi with the rest of them. :P
Well, said person was also somewhat dismissive of social justice types, and also followed a few gators (though he wasn't one himself). I get the feeling that if he were less mature, he'd be out there harassing Anita and Zoe and Randi with the rest of them. :P
The reply button was one of the stupider aspects of Tumblr's system. There's literally no system in place for replying to replies. Having to copy and paste them is /fucking absurd/
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Normally I try not to be the kind of person who gripes about Tumblr interface changes...but disabling the reply feature while not adding an alternative was a pretty user-hostile move.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I dunno, maybe the site's coding wouldn't allow an instantaneous change? I don't know shit about coding so maybe Lee or someone could shed light on it.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
On one hand, I like tagging my Christmas-related posts so I can find them later.
On the other hand, I don't like that that means giving grumpy "WAIT TILL DECEMBER" people the option of blacklisting them.
Luckily for said people my neurotic side wins out over my spiteful side on this particular issue.
I don't know who this stormingtheivory person Myr keeps linking is but I followed them and I very quickly came to regret it
I see I am still the only person who likes them.
I didn't mind them initially but they're being an apologist for the people who drove Zamii to attempt suicide and that earns them a pretty quick entrance to my shitlist.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
What really bothered me with the whole Zamii thing was all the posts to the effect of "I don't support bullying and harassment, but that doesn't mean that we should let everything problematic slide."
Like how dense do you have to be to realize that pushing your social justice causes always comes second to ensuring the well-being of the people you're interacting with? God damn.
And because public shaming isn't for generically "problematic" behaviors. It's for people who pose an active threat. There is a big difference between publicly shaming someone for drawing noses wrong and calling out a predator like Josh Macedo.
Storming The Ivory got a hate blog just for saying it's weird Less Wrong hangs out with Moldbuggers and red pillers, so I can understand their resistance here.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
On one hand, I like tagging my Christmas-related posts so I can find them later.
On the other hand, I don't like that that means giving grumpy "WAIT TILL DECEMBER" people the option of blacklisting them.
Luckily for said people my neurotic side wins out over my spiteful side on this particular issue.
how is it even possible to take not liking certain holidays personally
Basically I resent that everyone seems to like or at least tolerate it when people show enthusiasm for Halloween all the way back from September, but if you show enthusiasm for Christmas in November it's "too early"
I mean, it's not a big deal one way or the other, but it grates on me
On one hand, I like tagging my Christmas-related posts so I can find them later.
On the other hand, I don't like that that means giving grumpy "WAIT TILL DECEMBER" people the option of blacklisting them.
Luckily for said people my neurotic side wins out over my spiteful side on this particular issue.
how is it even possible to take not liking certain holidays personally
Basically I resent that everyone seems to like or at least tolerate it when people show enthusiasm for Halloween all the way back from September, but if you show enthusiasm for Christmas in November it's "too early"
I mean, it's not a big deal one way or the other, but it grates on me
showing enthusiasm for Christmas on any day but Christmas Eve is too early.
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like, that person was pulling stuff directly out of their ass
it's not assholish to ignore people who just make shit up
"Long nose = ugly" is probably inspired by antisemitism, but lotsa people have been retaking the whole "witch" thing in general.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
*...*
>w>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_shaming#PyCon_Dongle_incident
(*Korn voice*) ARE YOU REaDY